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Round 1
Round 2
Final
Jeopardy
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Scientific
Method
Basic
Chemistry
Minerals
Rocks
Earth’s
Structure
Round 2
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Final
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Metric
Measurement
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Used by scientists to
measure volumes of
liquids.
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Graduated Cylinders
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Use this to measure the mass of
a mineral sample.
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A Cent-0-Gram or Digital Balance
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Measures metric length in
centimeters.
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A Centimeter Ruler
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Determined by dividing an
object’s mass by its volume.
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Density
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Newtons are the units for this
metric measurement.
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Force
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Involves using sight, hearing,
smell and sometimes taste to
gather information.
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Observations
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The variable the scientist
changes, also called the
“manipulated variable.”
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The Independent Variable
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An interpretation based on
observation and prior knowledge.
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An Inference
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This variable changes in
response to the independent
variable.
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The Dependent Variable
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“The diverse way that scientists
solve problems and seek to
answer questions about the
natural world.”
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Scientific Inquiry
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This “number” is equal to the
number of protons in the nucleus
of an atom.
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The Atomic Number
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Subtract the atomic number from
the mass number to determine
the number of these.
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Neutrons
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Form when two or more different
kinds of elements are chemically
bonded together.
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Compounds
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This phase of matter has “free
movement’ of molecules making
it the most energetic phase of
matter.
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Gas
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When these “changes” occur, a
new substance is produced.
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Chemical Changes
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The Field Scale of Mineral
Hardness states that minerals
that scratch this, have a hardness
of six.
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Window Glass
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Minerals can’t be composed of
anything that is living, or ever
was living. In other words, they
are all:
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Inorganic
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Said to be the least reliable
physical property in the
identification of an unknown
mineral.
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Mineral Color
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A brick, diamond, coal, and glass.
Of these, only this one is a
mineral.
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Answer: Diamond
Why not these three?
•Brick (man-made)
•Coal (organic)
•Glass (man-made & no crystals)
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Use this process to determine the
volume of a mineral sample.
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Water Displacement
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These rocks would be found in or
near a volcano.
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Igneous Rocks
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This mineral has a density of
2.6 g/ml, a glassy luster, and a
hardness of 2.5.
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Halite
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Metamorphism means “change in
form.” An existing rock or
“protolith” is changed into a
Metamorphic Rock. The protolith
is subjected to these to bring that
change about.
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Heat and Pressure
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These threaten public health by
polluting streams and rivers.
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Coal Mines
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Weathering of rocks, erosion and
transportation of rock the
fragments, deposition,
compaction and cementation of
those rock fragments, form this
type of sedimentary rock.
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Clastic or Fragmental
Sedimentary Rocks
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This is the extremely hot, central
portion of the Earth’s interior.
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The Core
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The upper part of the Earth’s
mantle and the crust on top are
referred to as this.
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The Lithosphere
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Because temperature differences
in rock create density
differences, large convection
currents are created in this area
of the Earth’s structure.
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The Asthenosphere
(Upper Mantle)
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By studying these, scientists
have been able to determine that
the structure of the Earth’s
interior is layered.
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Seismic or Earthquake Waves
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These both INCREASE as the
depth below the Earth’s surface
INCREASES.
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The Temperature & Pressure
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Divergent
Boundaries
Convergent
Boundaries
Transform
Boundaries
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Final
Jeopardy
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Relative
Ages
Plate
Tectonics
Pot
Luck
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Round 1
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Fossils are usually found in this
type of rock.
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Sedimentary Rocks
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This “principle” states that rock
layers on the bottom of the stack
are older than the ones on the
top.
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Superposition
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The youngest layer of rock
pictured above has a fossil of this
type in it.
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A Fern Fossil
(The fern fossil is in the top layer.)
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Which rock layer is older, the one
with the clam fossil or the one
with the trilobite fossil?
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The layer with the Trilobite fossil.
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Based on the fossils found, the
location pictured was most likely
this kind of environment for
much of the past.
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Ocean or Marine
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Basaltic rock is added to the
ocean floor along these
landforms.
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Mid-Ocean Ridges
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This process occurs along
mid-ocean ridges.
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Sea-Floor Spreading
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Scientists discovered that rocks
farther from mid-ocean ridges
were older than the rocks at the
ridge by doing this.
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Drilling Core Samples from the
Ocean Floor.
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Because basaltic lava cools and
congeals rapidly at the bottom of
the ocean, the basaltic rocks that
form take the shape of these.
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Pillows
(Pillow Basalts)
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As oceanic crust moves away
from a mid-ocean ridge, it
becomes:
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Cooler and Denser
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This stress force occurs along
convergent margins.
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Compression
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For this reason, plates of
lithosphere that contain ocean
crust sink into the mantle or are
“subducted” when colliding with
plates of lithosphere containing
continental crust.
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Because oceanic plates are more
dense.
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When two plates carrying
continental crust collide, these
form.
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Folded Mountains
(Example: The Himalaya Mountains)
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Deep-ocean trenches form along
Subduction zones. This
deep-ocean trench boasts
being the world’s deepest.
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The Mariana Trench
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As an oceanic plate is subducted
under a continental plate, these
form.
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Folded Mountains and Volcanoes
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This Transform Boundary
represents a major fault line that
runs through most of California.
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The San Andreas Fault
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This stress force exists along
Transform Boundaries and
Strike-Slip Faults.
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Shearing
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Because “Fault E” does this to
“Intrusion D,” we know that the
intrusion is older.
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Cross-Cuts
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During the lab where you used
the “Fault Laboratory,” the
hooked-Velcro strips were used
to increase the resistance along
the fault. In nature, the hookedVelcro represent these along an
actual fault line.
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Kinks and Twists Along the
Fault Line
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The San Andreas Fault runs 800
miles through this U.S. state.
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California
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Compression of rock layers
occurs at convergent margins.
When rock layers are
compressed, these form.
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Folded Rock Layers
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This stress force exists along
Divergent Margins.
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Tension
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Evidence supporting the Theory
of Continental Drift includes: fit
of the continents, glacial remains
in Africa, coal deposits in
Antarctica, evidence from
landforms, and fossil evidence.
Who was the scientist that
proposed the Theory of
Continental Drift?
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Alfred Wegener
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The theory of Plate Tectonics
states that the Earth’s plates are
in this kind of motion.
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Constant, Slow Motion
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Geologists rejected the Theory of
Continental Drift for this reason.
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Wegener was unable to explain
how the continents moved or
drifted over time.
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The Atomic Number of Tungsten
is 74 and its Mass Number is 184.
That means there are this many
neutrons in the nucleus of a
Tungsten atom.
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In the lower mantle of the Earth,
warmer, less dense liquid rock
rises as cooler, more dense liquid
rock sinks. This creates large
cells of motion that geologists
believe drag the Earth’s plates
along with them. What are these
cells of motion called?
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Convection Currents
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These are areas of land where all
of the rain that falls drains off of
it to the same place.
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Watersheds
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The thermometer indicates a temperature of
this many degrees Celsius.
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24°C
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Because the bonds of a liquid are
attracted to the bonds of a
graduated cylinder, measured
liquids “sag” or have a “belly
down” appearance.
Measurements are always made
from the lowest part of this
curvature. This is the name given
to the curvature.
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The Meniscus
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Ocean-Floor Structures
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Final
Jeopardy
Question
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These formations were first
discovered at the bottom of a
mid-ocean ridge in 1977 by
Robert Ballard while inside the
submarine Alvin.
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Black Smokers or Chimneys
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